Adventures: walking, travel, PhD research experiences

Soundtracks

I haven’t listened to music much, but have used it to motivate me. One hot day when I was staggering into Puente de la Reina and passed a private albergue in favour of the municipal on further into town, and needed all the encouragement I could muster I put on Angus and Julia Stone’s Beast, and it really helped. I don’t know what the lyrics actually are, but to me they said “Dont be wrong in life, it’s your time for time”.

Another long stretch I listened to Lou Bennet and the Sweet Cheeks. “Don’t sleep if you’re not prepared to listen to your dreams, don’t wake if you won’t learn from your mistakes”.

Today, my first day of walking after two rest days, with the tendonitis still a problem, I used The Priscilla Queen of the Desert soundtrack. Billy, don’t be a hero and I will survive! encouraged me to continue carefully.

Post Camino update: I looked up the lyrics of The Beast and the chorus in fact says ‘Don’t be running late, are you on time today?’ It doesn’t matter what they really say, I gave them the meaning I needed on the time, and the music gave me the energy I needed.